Frame structure.



C. L. EWING.

FRAME STRUCTURE.

N FILED MAY 9,191

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., \VASHXNGTON, D s

CLEMENTL. EWIN,G,-OF J EROMESVILLE, OHIO.

FRAME STRUCTURE.

Application filed May 9, 1813.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Beit knownthat I, CLEMENT L. EWING, acitizen of'the =United States, residing at J'eromesville, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Frame Structures, of which the following is a-specification.

The invention relates to building construction, and more particularly to the class of frames for barns or other buildings.

The primary object of the invention is the provision ofa frame of this character wherein the roof will be rigidlysupported and theentire frame braced so as to prevent the springing thereof or the working of its joints or parts loose, thusassuring a rigid structure which possessesincreased life.

Another object of the invention is the provision'of aframe of this character wherein light timber can be utilized for the building thereof and also an open center can be formed without requiring cross beams which are ordinarily used and are much in the way, especially in barns when filling the same with hay or other material.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a frame wherein the manner of bracing the same is of novel form, and the supports for the roofing thereof are held against springing action, and also to assure the proper balancing of the roof and the entire frame so as to prevent the sagging of any portion thereof.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a frame of this character which is simple in construction and inexpensive in erection.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be .hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an end elevation of the frame, the same being shown partly in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5 designates the base sills which are laid upon a foundation in the ordinary well-known manner, and these sills are disposed in spaced relation to each other for supporting the flooring as usual. Fixed to and rising Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 191$.

Serial No. 766,621.

from the sills are vertical corner and intermediate posts 6 and 7 respectively, the upper situated parallel to each other at suitable distances apart and extend from end to end of the frame.

Connected to the base sills 5 supporting the intermediate post 7 are purlin posts 12 which extend upwardly and are connected to the rafters 9 intermediate the ends thereof, while connected to the intermediate post 7 and the said purlin posts 12 at intervals are horizontal upper and lower ties 13 and 1 1 which are secured thereto in any suitable manner. Crossing the said purlin posts 12 and connected to the base sills 5 are brace arms 15. which are connected to the purlin strips 10 and the said base sills 5 as shown. At the point of juncture of the upper horizontal ties 13 with the purlin posts 12 are short purlin posts 16 which extend upwardly angularly with respect to the posts 12 and are connected at the junction of the rafters 8 and 9, while connected to the short purlin posts 16 and to the long purlin posts 12 are cross struts 17.

Connected to the long and short purlin posts 12 and 16 are angular braces 18 which are also connected to the rafters 8 and 9 at the roof of the frame. At the ends of the frame and connected to the base sills 5 and to the rafters of the roof are vertical struts 19 which have connected thereto and likewise connected to the corner and intermediate posts inclined studs 20 both at the endsand side of the frame to prevent the same from being racked and twisted by the wind. In one side of the frame is provided the usual doorway 21, but this doorway may be located at any other point and may be varied as the occasion may require.

It will be apparent that the studs 20 are arranged in series inclined reversely with respect to each other so that the frame is braced against stress in opposite directions cially when heavy downward pressure is brought upon the ridge of the roof when lifting hay, grain or when unloading wagons driven into the same, so that by the arrangement of the purlin post's, ties and purlinstrips, together with the braces, the

pressure will be equalized.

' From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of operation of the fore a more extended explanation device will be clearly apparent, and therehas been omitted. V

What is claimed is I .In a frame structure, in combination, a

eries of longitudinally extending base sills,

a plurality. of vertical posts'secured upon said sills in longitudinal spaced-apart re-i lation, a pair of angular extending main beams secured upon said posts, a longitudinally spaced apart, series of roof rafters secured at an angle to and upon said main beams, a series of relatively longer rafters extending at an angle from the first named rafters to form the'uppe'r end of the roof,

purlin strips interposed between said long and short rafters, purlin strips extending longitudinally'of said long rafters between their ends, relatively long purlin posts secured to the base sills adjacentthe vertical connecting said long purlin posts and said vertical posts, to brace the same, and relatively short purlin posts secured at a point between the vupper horizontal tie and said long purlin posts and also to .the purlin strips between the long and short rafters,

and cross struts connecting said long purlin postsand said short purlin posts.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CLEMENT L. EWING. Witnesses: a

SYLVESTER GARN, JOHN EWING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the-Commissioner of I'atents,

s Washington, D. G. 

